Tom Hockett, Author at UMSL Daily

Cambio Center to hold Latinos in the Heartland conference at UMSL

by Tom Hockett | May 28, 2013 | Events, News Release Archive

The Cambio Center at the University of Missouri–Columbia will hold the 12th annual Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) Conference June 12-14 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Bass Ostinato’

by Tom Hockett | May 19, 2013 | Academics, People, School of Fine and Performing Arts, students

University of Missouri–St. Louis music students Thomas Winkler (piano), Charles Clements (bass) and Corey Axelson (marimba) perform "Bass Ostinato," a piece of music composed by Winkler. The performance was part of the university's Student Chamber Music Concert on May...

Eye on UMSL: Spring returns

by Tom Hockett | May 13, 2013 | Campus, Eye on UMSL, People, students

University of Missouri–St. Louis students walk along the ponds to the south of the Millennium Student Center on May 7. The temperature reached 80 degrees that afternoon. The photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in...

Reuters quotes UMSL transportation expert on proposed federal funding for upgrades to waterways

by Tom Hockett | May 6, 2013 | Academics, Business Administration, faculty, People, UMSL in Print News

Donald Sweeney, associate director of the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was quoted in an article about the proposed improvements and their cost.

Eye on UMSL: Kaldi’s vs. Starbucks

by Tom Hockett | Apr 28, 2013 | Events

Howard Lerner, co-founder of Kaldi's Coffee, leads an interactive presentation April 23 in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lerner's talk was titled "How to Beat a Bully: Kaldi's vs. Starbucks." He sold his stake in St....

Veteran UMSL faculty member discusses a maturing metropolitan university

by Tom Hockett | Apr 25, 2013 | Arts & Sciences, faculty, Features, Jubilee, People, UMSL Magazine

With time comes perspective, and the 44 years that Terry Jones has worked for the University of Missouri–St. Louis have provided the political science professor with a view that’s unique and revealing. Still in his twenties, he joined UMSL in 1969 – six years after it...

Missouri Secretary of State urges UMSL student-veterans to take action

by Tom Hockett | Apr 15, 2013 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Centers, Events, Features, People, students

Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander visited with student-veterans at the University of Missouri–St. Louis on Wednesday. Kander, 31, of Kansas City, is a former U.S. Army captain who served as a military intelligence officer in Afghanistan. From 2009 to 2013, he...

Eye on UMSL: Distinguished Speaker Series

by Tom Hockett | Mar 15, 2013 | Academics, Alumni, Centers, Events, Eye on UMSL, People

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Brian F. Lavin, BSBA 1976, discusses "Public Private Partnership's Maximum Value for a University Foundation" on March 11 in the university's Millennium Student Center. His talk was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series,...

Eye on UMSL: breathe.

by Tom Hockett | Feb 20, 2013 | Campus, Eye on UMSL

Visit umsl.edu/smokefree for more information on the tobacco-free policy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Making Glass’

by Tom Hockett | Feb 18, 2013 | Academics, Alumni, Arts & Sciences, Eye on UMSL, People

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna Jennifer Tappenden, MFA 2012, reads her poem "Making Glass" Feb. 12 in the Millennium Student Center at the third annual Excellence in Science Award Dinner. UMSL's College of Arts and Sciences holds the event to honor nearly 40...